2 MPs' pay: Watchdog calls for rise of more than £6,000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23262503

Summary:

This article is about a raise in salaries of the ministers of the parliament. The independent parliamentary standards authority (IPSA) is an independent group for consultation and recommendation, also known as the watchdog. It says salaries should increase to 74,000 pounds by 2015, but that perks should be cut and pensions made less generous. A lot of people, including party leaders and mr. Gove, think that parliamentarians are ‘well paid’ and that this is not the time for salary raises (nurses and teachers are facing either pay freezes or very low increases, just as people in the private sector).

Opinion:

Right now we live in a time wherein a lot of money has to be saved because of the crisis. That makes me very curious about who came with this plan. The normal people in the UK are cut in budgets because of the crisis. Why should they agree on a raise in the salaries of well-paid ministers of the parliament? I totally agree with mister Gove. Ministers are people who already have a wealthy life. Rather give the money to families who need it more. Or give it to schools or invest it in businesses with great plans for the future.